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...Lever. Handiest card the French and British had in dealing with the Loyalists was the presence in Paris of Manuel Azaña, President of the Spanish Republic. Loyalist decrees, to be legal, must be signed by the President. The French have served notice that Don Manuel cannot function as President-i.e., cannot sign decrees-on French soil. Moreover, French and British ambassadors to Spain are accredited to the President of the Republic rather than to the Republic itself. With the President in France, Britain and France could easily maintain that Loyalist Spain had ceased to exist...
...used to teach detectives, army and navy officers, G-men, and policemen how to disarm a man, and the numerous choke holds are the basis of the art. Choke holds cannot be used unless the opponent is wearing a jacket or coat which can be used as a lever to twist across the throat. "Without these jackets, the jiu-jitsu man hasn't a chance with a regular wrestler," Pat declared...
...recommending a proprietary article," William McFee last week found himself forced by interviewers to deliver what amounted to a sales talk for his cousin's invention. Reminding his listeners that few ship passengers are experienced or horny-handed enough to handle 14-foot oars, he summed up the lever-run boat's chief advantage thus: "It can make four knots-a better speed than a trained crew of oarsmen can make-with a bevy of manicure girls at the levers...
Most significant advance this year is the virtual disappearance of the familiar wobble-stick gearshift lever; almost all 1939 cars will sport some sort of steering-post-mounted gearshift either as standard or extra equipment. While most of these systems are merely conveniently placed substitutes for the old wobble-stick, some use the vacuum energy generated by the engine's air-intake systems to operate automatic clutching and transmission changing. A few 1939 models (with optional equipment) approach this trend's ultimate aim: to relieve the driver of all concern with transmission control, enabling him to give fuller...
Ford's V-8 (60 or 85 h. p.) looks like last year's DeLuxe: this year's DeLuxe looks more like last year's Lincoln-Zephyr. Priced at $669, $709, and $769, the new Fords have hydraulic brakes and a gearshift lever that bends out of knees...